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The Impact of Micronutrient Deficiencies inThe Impact of Micronutrient Deficiencies in Agricultural Soils and Crops on the Nutritional Health of Humans

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Cereal crops underpin the food supply for peasant farmers in developing countries, a situation that has persisted since the green revolution of the decades of the 1960s and 1970s greatly increased their productivity; indeed yields more than doubled. Ever since, the modern high-yielding, disease-resistant cereals that also show greater tolerance to environmental stresses like drought and heat have dominated the diets of subsistence farmers and urban poor alike.

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Knez, M., Graham, R.D. (2013). The Impact of Micronutrient Deficiencies inThe Impact of Micronutrient Deficiencies in Agricultural Soils and Crops on the Nutritional Health of Humans. In: Selinus, O. (eds) Essentials of Medical Geology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4375-5_22

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